Town Jazz, the three-day in town event serves up a bountiful menu of jazz designed to add additional hours of pleasure and entertainment to its venerable progenitor, Jazz in the Pines. Jazz luminaries from all over Southern California have answered the call of Idyllwild jazz icon Marshall Hawkins to play at Town Jazz. The Idyllwild…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Aug. 13 to Aug. 20, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Aug. 13 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. Aug. 13 — Traffic collision, Lake Lane, Idyllwild. Aug. 15 — Walk-in medical aid. Aug. 15 — Medical aid, Walters Drive, Pine…
The Board of Governors of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation announced an interim leadership plan until a new president is selected. The governors will continue to use two senior administrators to manage the campus and programs. Steve Fraider becomes the interim executive director of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation and oversees fundraising, marketing, and the Krone Museum….
Filing for a Hemet Unified School District trustee position in the November election closed Wednesday, Aug. 15. The original Aug. 10 deadline was extended five days because incumbent Charlotte Jones decided not to seek re-election. Jones was first elected a HUSD trustee in 1996. She will finish her fourth term in December. After the new…
Idyllwild students attending Hemet High School entered an almost totally new environment on Monday …
Doug Selby passed away on July 29, 2012, at his home in Mountain Center surrounded by his wife and daughters after a brief bout with cancer. Doug was a native Southern Californian. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he raised his family in both Temecula and Idyllwild. After high school, he enlisted in the…
A hiker who started his hike at about 7 a.m. from the desert floor in 110-degree heat with only two liters of water, required rescue at about the 3,500-foot level of the Skyline Trail according to Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit volunteer Ralph Hoetger. RMRU was called out at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19….
Several members of the Idyllwild Arts Academy management team attended the Aug. 14 meeting of the Idyllwild Water District. The school is in the process of obtaining Riverside County approval for a revision to its master plan, but needs a letter from the water district indicating that sufficient water is available to supply both the…
“This is a dangerous time,” Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins said at the last Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. The hot dry days, with little nighttime cooling, pose serious risks for fire. Since Jan. 1, there have been 42,488 wildland fires nationally. That is the fewest number of wildland fires in the past 10…
Vocalist Mary Stallings, considered by many one of the great jazz singers, has also been called one of the best-kept secrets in vocal jazz …
